noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
a chicken casserole
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish
Narrower terms: cocotte
6
noun
Meaning 6
food cooked and served in a casserole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish
Narrower terms: chicken casserole
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French casserole.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
кастру́ля
(kastrúlja)
— glass or earthenware dish
Central Bikol:
kaserola
— glass or earthenware dish
Bulgarian:
касеро́ла
(kaseróla)
— glass or earthenware dish
Bulgarian:
те́нджера
(téndžera)
— glass or earthenware dish
Catalan:
casserola
— glass or earthenware dish
Catalan:
putxero
— glass or earthenware dish
Catalan:
olla
— glass or earthenware dish
Catalan:
cassola
— glass or earthenware dish
Chinese Mandarin:
砂鍋 /砂锅
(shāguō)
— glass or earthenware dish
Czech:
kastrol
— glass or earthenware dish
Danish:
kasserolle
— glass or earthenware dish
Dutch:
ovenschotel
— glass or earthenware dish
Esperanto:
kaserolo
— glass or earthenware dish
Finnish:
vuoka
— glass or earthenware dish
Finnish:
uunivuoka
— glass or earthenware dish
French:
cocotte
— glass or earthenware dish
French:
casserole
— glass or earthenware dish
Galician:
cazola
— glass or earthenware dish
Galician:
tarteira
— glass or earthenware dish
Georgian:
პატარა ქვაბი
(ṗaṭara kvabi)
— glass or earthenware dish
German:
Auflaufform
— glass or earthenware dish
German:
Kasserolle
— glass or earthenware dish
Greek:
κατσαρόλα
(katsaróla)
— glass or earthenware dish
Hebrew:
אִלְפָּס
(ilpás)
— glass or earthenware dish
Hungarian:
lábos
— glass or earthenware dish
Hungarian:
lábas
— glass or earthenware dish
Ido:
kasrolo
— glass or earthenware dish
Italian:
casseruola
— glass or earthenware dish
Japanese:
キャセロール
(kyaserōru)
— glass or earthenware dish
Korean:
캐서롤
(kaeseorol)
— glass or earthenware dish
Macedonian:
тепсија
(tepsija)
— glass or earthenware dish
Norman:
chanmeau
— glass or earthenware dish
Norwegian Bokmål:
kasserolle
— glass or earthenware dish
Polish:
naczynie żaroodporne
— glass or earthenware dish
Polish:
brytfanna
— glass or earthenware dish
Polish:
gęsiarka
— glass or earthenware dish
Portuguese:
caçarola
— glass or earthenware dish
Portuguese:
caçoila
— glass or earthenware dish
Portuguese:
caçoula
— glass or earthenware dish
Romanian:
caserolă
— glass or earthenware dish
Russian:
кастрю́ля
(kastrjúlja)
— glass or earthenware dish
Sicilian:
cazzalora
— glass or earthenware dish
Sicilian:
tiganu
— glass or earthenware dish
Slovak:
kastról
— glass or earthenware dish
Spanish:
cacerola
— glass or earthenware dish
Swedish:
gryta
— glass or earthenware dish
Swedish:
lergryta
— glass or earthenware dish
Swedish:
kastrull
— glass or earthenware dish
Tagalog:
kaserola
— glass or earthenware dish
Ottoman Turkish:
كوكج
(güvec)
— glass or earthenware dish
Ukrainian:
кастру́ля
(kastrúlja)
— glass or earthenware dish
Belarusian:
запяка́нка
(zapjakánka)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Central Bikol:
kaserola
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Catalan:
olla
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Catalan:
putxero
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Chinese Cantonese:
砂鍋 /砂锅
(saa1 wo1)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Chinese Mandarin:
法國砂鍋 /法国砂锅
(Fàguó shāguō)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Chinese Mandarin:
法國烤鍋 /法国烤锅
(Fàguó kǎoguō)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Dutch:
ovenschotel
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Finnish:
laatikko
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Finnish:
pataruoka
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
French:
timbale
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Galician:
caldeirada
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
German:
Auflauf
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Greek:
φαγητό κατσαρόλας
(fagitó katsarólas)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Hungarian:
rakottas
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Italian:
pasta al forno
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Japanese:
蒸し焼き
(mushi-yaki)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Japanese:
キャセロール
(kyaserōru)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Polish:
zapiekanka
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Russian:
запека́нка
(zapekánka)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Sicilian:
manciari ô furnu
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Spanish:
cazuela
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Spanish:
cazolada
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Spanish:
a la cacerola
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Swedish:
gryta
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Tagalog:
kaserola
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Ukrainian:
запіка́нка
(zapikánka)
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Yup'ik:
salkuuyaq
— food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Chinese Cantonese:
燜 /焖
(mun1)
— to cook as a casserole i.e. in a closed dish
Māori:
tūkohu
— to cook as a casserole i.e. in a closed dish
Polish:
dusić
— to cook as a casserole i.e. in a closed dish